A short while later I was sitting in front of the computer after having swallowed a few xanax chased down with a Bacardi and Coke, or a Cuba Libre since everything is "Cuba this" and "Cuba that" now.
I grabbed my mouse and clicked on Internet Explorer, my hands shaking a little bit from the excitement. I could barely keep my fingers on the keys - oh did you know if you mis-spell eBay you get a porn site? Yeah it's pretty hot, I signed up for it.
But soon I was back on track and looking at eBay.
As I quickly as I was able to pull up eBay and typed in "beanie babies" my dreams were shattered. As the page started to fill in I saw miserably low numbers.
Damn you 10MPBS High Speed Broadband Connection.....faster damn it, FASTER! I felt like Elizabeth Taylor standing in front of the Microwave yelling at her popcorn to "Pop faster damn it, pop faster!"
The numbers were not good. I had been hoping to see prices like $19.99 or $15.99....but instead I saw scary numbers like $0.99 and $0.01. Were my eyes deceiving me once again today?
As quickly as I had built up my dreams they vanished like a puff of smoke. My yacht vanished - POOF. My dreams of afternoons being served champagne as we cruised Lake Michigan were thrown overboard before my very eyes - POOF
I was quickly put back on earth as the phone rang and brought me back to my senses. As I reached for the phone a tear fell from my eye and landed on the back of my hand it was all so sad and real.
Damn you to hell Beanie Babies, Damn you to hell!
Showing posts with label beanie babies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label beanie babies. Show all posts
Saturday, July 07, 2007
Thursday, July 05, 2007
A Dream Destroyed - Part IV
After I had a cocktail to calm my nerves, I knew it was time to get down to business. How many Beanie Babies are we talking? We need to do a thorough sorting and matching.
So I start laying them out in a single layer on the table and cover almost the entire table with still more Beanie Babies in the pile to sort. I pushed them all closer together and continued to count.
Fifty, Seventy-Five, One Hundred, oh my god! One Hundred! One hundred and ten, One hundred and twenty-five, were there really that many in there?
Beanies we displayed as far as the eye could see.
I couldn't believe it, there were One Hundred and Twenty Five UNIQUE Beanie Babies, all with their tags on and all in perfect condition since they've been living in our garage in this big plastic treasure chest.
My dreams were about to be fulfilled. But I have to do some homework first! Let's check out eBay before I go any further in this endeavor.
But I need to wait, becuase today of all days, when I went to pick up my bottle of Xanax - it was empty. Damn you insomnia! Now I've got to put in a rush order at the Pharmacy.
So I start laying them out in a single layer on the table and cover almost the entire table with still more Beanie Babies in the pile to sort. I pushed them all closer together and continued to count.
Fifty, Seventy-Five, One Hundred, oh my god! One Hundred! One hundred and ten, One hundred and twenty-five, were there really that many in there?
Beanies we displayed as far as the eye could see.
I couldn't believe it, there were One Hundred and Twenty Five UNIQUE Beanie Babies, all with their tags on and all in perfect condition since they've been living in our garage in this big plastic treasure chest.
My dreams were about to be fulfilled. But I have to do some homework first! Let's check out eBay before I go any further in this endeavor.
But I need to wait, becuase today of all days, when I went to pick up my bottle of Xanax - it was empty. Damn you insomnia! Now I've got to put in a rush order at the Pharmacy.
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
A Dream Destroyed - Part III
I couldn't wait to finish cleaning the garage, because I knew a much bigger task was ahead of me. Beanie Babies are huge...I mean aren't Beanie Babies the "IT" item that made eBay what it is today?
There's a fortune here. I'll sell these on eBay and make a killing. I can retire if I do this right. I can tell the man where to go, what train to take out of town, what bus route doesn't stop at the office, I can quit my job!
As I threw the Beanie Babies out of the treasure chest and onto the table a golden pyramid grew before my eyes. A pyramid of Beanie Babies. The dollar signs started twirling around in my eyes, just like Scrooge McDucks did in the comic books..
"It's too good to be true," I kept telling myself in a half-hearted attempt to reassure myself. There must be thousands of Beanie Babies here, or at least a few hundred.
What's that? Are those Beanie Babies in their original unopened cardboard containers? I think it is!
Oh my, I've got to sit down and catch my breath.
There's a fortune here. I'll sell these on eBay and make a killing. I can retire if I do this right. I can tell the man where to go, what train to take out of town, what bus route doesn't stop at the office, I can quit my job!
As I threw the Beanie Babies out of the treasure chest and onto the table a golden pyramid grew before my eyes. A pyramid of Beanie Babies. The dollar signs started twirling around in my eyes, just like Scrooge McDucks did in the comic books..
"It's too good to be true," I kept telling myself in a half-hearted attempt to reassure myself. There must be thousands of Beanie Babies here, or at least a few hundred.
What's that? Are those Beanie Babies in their original unopened cardboard containers? I think it is!
Oh my, I've got to sit down and catch my breath.
Monday, July 02, 2007
A Dream Destroyed - Part II
It's was an orgy of beanie babies. Red ones, yellow ones, purple ones and green ones.
They're all thrown together, Cats were with Dogs as well as Bulls cuddled up next to Chickens - who knew?
I couldn't believe my eyes, in fact I had to take of my glasses and make sure the lenses hadn't popped out with all of the strenous work that we had just completed.
No my eyes were not deceiving me, they were genuine Beanie Babies - millions of them.
I quickly pulled it to the side and said "Uhm, that's going in the house, ok?"
They're all thrown together, Cats were with Dogs as well as Bulls cuddled up next to Chickens - who knew?
I couldn't believe my eyes, in fact I had to take of my glasses and make sure the lenses hadn't popped out with all of the strenous work that we had just completed.
No my eyes were not deceiving me, they were genuine Beanie Babies - millions of them.
I quickly pulled it to the side and said "Uhm, that's going in the house, ok?"
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